Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Claims

Protecting Your Rights After a Workplace Injury in Eastern Pennsylvania

Paula Robinson has spent more than 35 years practicing workers’ compensation law in Pennsylvania, and she is certified by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Section on Workers’ Compensation Law, as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Before she began representing injured workers exclusively, she spent time on the employer and insurance side. That background means she knows how carriers build their defenses, and she uses that knowledge on your behalf. If you’ve been hurt on the job, you work directly with Paula from the first call to the final resolution. No paralegals, no case managers.

If you’ve been injured at work in Eastern Pennsylvania, call Robinson Law LLC today at (215) 804-9924 for a free consultation. Paula can personally review your case before you make any decisions about moving forward.

Why Workers Choose Robinson Law LLC

Workers’ compensation is Paula’s only practice area. She doesn’t divide her attention across unrelated case types. Every negotiation tactic, every procedural decision, and every insight she applies comes from a career spent entirely in Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law. That singular focus, combined with her Pennsylvania Bar Association certification, means Pennsylvania injured workers get an attorney with extensive experience in this specific area of law.

Paula’s 35+ years include time representing both employers and employees. That history gives her a direct view into how insurance carriers construct their defense strategies: what they look for, what they challenge, and where claims get delayed or denied. She applies that knowledge on the injured worker’s side of the table. When a workplace injury also gives rise to a personal injury claim, Paula maintains referral relationships with experienced attorneys across Pennsylvania and coordinates both cases simultaneously. The two claims are legally intertwined, and how they’re handled together can affect the outcome of each.

Direct Access & Proven Recognition

Clients can reach Paula directly throughout the entire process for updates, answers, and explanations. She holds a 10/10 Avvo score backed by more than 200 reviews and has earned the Avvo Clients’ Choice Award three consecutive years: 2023, 2024, and 2025. Robinson Law LLC is recognized by Super Lawyers and Expertise and maintains BBB accreditation. Free consultations are available, and representation is offered in both English and Spanish.

Typical Workplace Injuries

• Amputations
• Ankle and foot injuries
• Arm and hand injuries
• Back injuries
• Bone breaks and fractures
• Burn injuries
• Concussions
• Degloving injuries
• Eye injuries
• Head injuries
• Hearing loss
• Hip and knee injuries
• Lacerations and cuts
• Machinery injuries
• Muscle sprains and strains
• Neck injuries
• Occupational injuries
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Puncture wounds
• Rotator cuff and shoulder injuries
• Scarring and disfigurement
• Spinal injuries
• Tendon and nerve injuries
• Toxic exposure injuries
• Wrist and hand injuries

How Do Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Laws Impact Me?

Pennsylvania workers’ compensation is a no-fault system, which means you don’t need to prove your employer was negligent to receive benefits. Coverage is mandatory for most Pennsylvania employers under state law. The system can provide weekly wage-replacement payments when your injury keeps you from working, compensation for economic loss, and reimbursement of medical expenses. For our clients, that has meant coverage for medical visits, diagnostic testing, prescriptions, physical therapy, and surgery. Benefits payable to dependents of workers killed during employment are also available under Pennsylvania law. 

General damages for pain and suffering and punitive damages for employer negligence aren’t available in workers’ compensation claims. That distinction matters when you’re evaluating your options, and it’s one reason coordination with a personal injury claim, where applicable, can be important.

Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act

There are two categories of injuries under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act:

• Work-Related Injury: Typically a one-time incident, such as a slip and fall or a motor vehicle accident. Also included are repetitive-type injuries, such as carpal tunnel or shoulder overuse injuries. Aggravation of pre-existing conditions, such as arthritis in your knee or back that is permanently worsened by the work injury, as well as a recurrence of an old work injury, also falls into this category.
• Occupational Disease: Certain diseases are specifically related to particular occupations and are therefore recognized as occupational diseases. Examples include, but aren’t limited to, chemical poisoning for jobs that involve direct exposure or contact; heart and lung diseases for firefighters with four or more years of service; and tuberculosis and hepatitis for nurses, blood processors, and related professionals who are exposed to these diseases.

Whether a disease is occupationally related and compensable depends on whether the onset of the disease is substantially greater in that particular occupation or industry. If the injured worker is exposed to the disease because of their employment, it may be considered related to their work.

People We Represent

Eastern Pennsylvania's workforce spans healthcare, manufacturing, construction, public service, transportation, and more. The region’s paper mills, logging operations, natural gas industry, and agricultural employers place workers in environments where equipment accidents, falls, repetitive-motion injuries, and heavy-lifting injuries are a daily reality.

No matter your occupation, if you were injured on the job, Paula Robinson can represent your claim:

• Airport and aiirline workers
• Ambulance and EMS workers
• Automotive detailers and mechanics
• Bartenders
• Bus drivers
• Construction workers
• Diesel fitters
• Firefighters
• Grocery and retail workers
• Healthcare workers
• HVAC workers
• High-rise building workers
• Janitorial workers
• Kitchen and restaurant workers
• Manufacturing workers
• Medical professionals
• Municipality workers
• Nurses
• Nursing home workers
• Office wmployees
• Paramedics
• Personal care workers
• Plumbers
• Police officers
• Public officers
• Railroad workers
• Roofers
• Service and catering workers
• State and city workers
• Teachers and teachers’ aides
• Truck drivers
• Union workers
• Utility and gas workers
• Warehouse workers
• Waste management workers
• Welders

Communities We Serve

Paula Robinson represents injured workers in throughout Pennsylvania. 

We have handled workers’ compensation for clients in the following communities:

• Lycoming County, PA
• Bradford County, PA
• Clinton County, PA
• Sullivan County, PA
• Tioga County, PA
• Centre County, PA
• Union County, PA
• Montour County, PA
• Columbia County, PA
• Wyoming County, PA
• Susquehanna County, PA

Start Your Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Claim Today

Paula Robinson handles every case personally, from the initial filing through settlement negotiation or court representation, including appeals for denied claims. You’ll get honest assessments of where your case stands, not empty promises.

When you’re ready to talk, Robinson Law LLC is ready to listen. Contact us now for your free consultation at (215) 804-9924.